Who Speaks for the Flesh and Blood 1.6 Billion Breathing Muslim Souls?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The Quran describes the holy prophet Muhammad, may peace be on him, as mercy for the whole […]
Two Hundred Verses about Compassionate Living in the Quran
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times As only the Islamophobes, who hate Islam or those Muslims, who want to enforce Shariah Law, of […]
Evolution: The elephant in the room, for both Christianity and Islam
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times An 11-ton African elephant has graced the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History’s Rotunda since 1959. Sometimes called the […]
Prof. John Makdisi traces the Islamic Origins of the Common Law
Collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times We can read John Makdisi’s magnum opus by ordering the North Carlina Law Review article from a Library or by […]
Are the Scientists the Better Teachers for Several of the Attributes of God?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Charles Darwin did not make my list of heroes until after I was forty years old. Part […]
Movie: Ramanujan: A Prophet of Mathematics Born in a Hindu Family
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Srinivasa Ramanujan FRS (/ˈʃriːniˌvɑːsə rɑːˈmɑːnʊdʒən/;[1] listen (help·info); 22 December 1887 – 26 April 1920)[2] was an Indianmathematician who lived during the British Rule in India. Though he had almost […]
Science: The Only Present Day Arbiter Between Religions?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times I have a few friends, whom I will not call my bosom friends, who in their moments of […]
Suggested reading by Zia H Shah MD, if you truly want to know about evolution, Christianity, atheism and Islam
If you haven’t seen ‘Monkey Trial,’ you may not know law, science or American history Two Words for the Christian Apologist Ravi Zacharias: Biological Evolution Charles Darwin: An Epiphany for the Muslims, […]
Surah Rome: A Powerful Case for Our Creator God
Allah says in verses 17-27 and I am quoting from the translation by Muhammad Abdel Haleem: So celebrate God’s glory in the evening, in the morning – praise is due […]
Egyptian woman fights unequal Islamic inheritance laws
Source: Al Jazeera Case involving Coptic Christian woman comes as calls for equal inheritance rights reverberate across the Arab world. An Egyptian woman is taking on the country’s inheritance laws […]
Religion and Science: Al Hakeem: The Wise, The Creator With A Purpose
Source: The Muslim Sunrise Fall 2019, the longest running Muslim publication of North America, since 1922 Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times […]
Quote of the Day: By Imam Jaffar Sadiq
Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad aṣ-Ṣādiq (Arabic: جَعْفَر ٱبْن مُحَمَّد ٱلصَّادِق; 700 or 702–765 CE), commonly known as Ja’far al-Ṣādiq or simply as-Sadiq (The Truthful), was an 8th-century Muslim scholar and scientist.[5] He is considered as an Imam by Twelver and Isma’ili Shī’ites, and a major […]
Prophet Muhammad recognized as a great law-giver by US Supreme court, since 1935
Epigraph: Have We not opened for thee (Muhammad) thy bosom, and removed from thee thy burden, Which had well nigh broken thy back, and We exalted thy name? (Al Quran […]
What Every Muslim, Christian and Jew needs to know: The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times After the top constitutional body on Islamic laws in Pakistan recommended ‘a light beating for women’ sparking […]
In Defense of the Secular Narrative of the Holy Quran
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Does the Quran present a theocratic or a secular state? My short answer is ‘a secular state!’ […]
If the Atheists and the Christians Debate, Islam Wins!
Epigraph: And you (Muhammad) shall assuredly find those who say, ‘We are Christians,’ to be the nearest of them in love to the believers. That is because amongst them are […]
Al Hakeem: The Wise, The Creator With A Purpose
Source: The Muslim Sunrise Fall 2019, the longest running Muslim publication of North America, since 1922 Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times […]
Human Soul: The Final Frontier?
Promoted post: We are all living in the Womb of God-the-Mother, 13.8 billion Years Pregnancy Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times This article demonstrates […]
Kahlil Gibran’s ‘The Prophet’: Why is it so loved?
Source: BBC By Shoku Amirani & Stephanie Hegarty Kahlil Gibran is said to be one of the world’s bestselling poets, and his life has inspired a play touring the UK […]
Charles Darwin: An Epiphany for the Muslims, A Catastrophe for the Christians
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The National Museum of Natural History, located on the National Mall just across from the Smithsonian castle, is America’s […]